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Mir Muhammad Ibn Burhan Al-Din, known as Mir Khwand
[Persian Manuscript.]

Rabat al-Safa is a compilation of various histories both in Arabic and Persian. Several seal impressions, all from the 19th century, are present. One note identifies the text correctly as 'volume 6 of Rabat al-Safa and says it was purchased in Qandak in 1297 AH (1879-80 AD). There is a village called Qandak in Khurasan near the Afghan border.

Published
Safavid Persia, 1662
Plates
1
Binding/Size
M=4to
Value
0-5000
Published
Safavid Persia, 1662
Ref
1581

Mir Muhammad Ibn Burhan Al-Din, known as Mir Khwand (d. 1498), Rabat Al-Safa, Book VI, copied by Muhammed Mu'in Ibn Muhammed Shafi' Ibn Haji Muhammed Al-Katib, dedicated to Mirza Mansur, Persia, Safavid, dated 1073 AH / 1662 AD. Persian manuscript on paper, 259 leaves plus three fly-leaves, 27 lines to the page, written in nasal' liq in black ink, ruled in red and blue titles and essential sentences in red with a gold polychrome heading decorated with concentric gold spirals, wide margins throughout, catch-words, some very light marginal water-staining else clean internal condition; in green boards with edges in black leather, ruled in gilt, spine also in black leather, lightly rubbed.